Hornby Island
| Feature Type: | Island - Land area surrounded by water or marsh. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Strait of Georgia, E of Denman Island, Nanaimo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°31'23"N, 124°39'50"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/10 |
| Related Maps: |
92F 92F/10 92F/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Decision on 92F/7. Previously adopted in 18th Report, 1924; and also July 10, 1923 on OBF 0784 on 92F. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Named after Rear-Admiral Phipps Hornby, RN, Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Station, 1847-51. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |